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Sorry for the confusion. This idea, submitted by me, is more that PS3 should be DiVX Plus HD certified. I’m not sure which version of DiVX that is, the newer the better. The important part is the DiVX Plus HD Certification, upgrading the PS3 DiVX to a version which supports more modern and higher quality containers such as .MKV files. Thanks for commenting/voting for this idea.

It doesn’t matter what version of DivX is the latest and greatest. The true fact is that DivX Plus HD certification would make the PS3 up to date on all that DivX has to offer right now. Especially the ability to natively play MKV files. I would definitely use the DivX Plus HD Converter for all of my movies to watch on my PS3 then.

Definitely would be a plus and a smart move for Sony given the fact that purchasing a native MKV player is incredibly expensive, why buy one of those when you can get a PS3 instead that does the same thing plus everything else. It’d be a one up on the 360 too, add it to the already long list of things the PS3 can do that the 360 cannot.

Im guessing the people who are down-voting this are idiots who either 1)have no idea what they are doing or 2) some company that has something against MKV and wants THEIR format supported.

I swear.. I get a PS3 and its supposed to be this “all around media device” and it cant even support something as commonly used as MKV? for pathetic Sony… I guess the little 99$ home media player is more capable then a PS3

yes yes yes the best for the best is only logical and should be obvious this is an upgrade not like some recent dubious ones there should also be support for hd drives larger than 120gb hey that could be another upgrade 🙂

I have told people for over 5 years that DivX is the future of digital movies (even though it’s been around longer than that). I even have my nearly 80 year old grandmother using it and my 60 year old dad too. I teach my kids to use it as well, and my wife is pretty proficient in it to where she is comfortable to do some home movies on her own. It is the only format that is EASY to convert and ensures that the file will work on any device that is certified to play it, thereby eliminating sloppy transcoding and confusion for beginners. This is a no brainer, especially since a DivX Plus MKV file can deliver the exceptional HD quality at nearly half the file size of a standard DivX file, not to mention extras such as subs. Sony, flags should be going up and alarms should be blaring somewhere. Get on this before Microsoft or Nintendo does and you are late to the game.

@33 I don’t think that’s a very big question. 96% of people who took time to vote for this idea voted yes. That’s a pretty impressive figure, I’m not as worried about the 4% who downvote as much as I am that bureaucracy within Sony will delay or deny this feature that so many of us so clearly want them to implement.

Panasonic just announced mkv and divx plus hd support on upcoming 3D blu-ray player. Sony, please don’t get left behind. Especially having the most upgradable Blu-ray player / media machine on the market.

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